MOXEE -- On a small patch of land here at Roy Farms, where hops typically climb a long strand of twine on their journey to harvest, an experiment is under way to see if a shorter trip over plastic ...

A new experimental hopyard at the University of Idaho’s Parma Research and Extension Center will facilitate trials evaluating pest and disease threats facing the state’s hop farmers. The new ...

Traditionally grown hops are trained up strands of twine rigged across an 18-foot-high trellis system and then hand-tied at the top to a series of overhead cross wires. Come harvest, the hop-bearing ...